Cheese-holding board.



C. P. MEE. CHEESE HGLDING BOARD. APPLIGATION FILED AUG.10,190'1.

Patented Feb. 2, 1909.

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.be adjusted so as to permit with CHARLES P. MEE, OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

GBIEESE-HOLDIN G- BOARD.

Specification of Letters I Patent.

Patented Feb. 2. 1909.

` Application mea August 1o, 1907. serial No. '387,982.

To all lwhom it may cfmclern:` Beit known that I, CHARLES P.

MEE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Los Angeles, county of LosAngele's, and State of allfornla, have invented new and'useful 4Improvements in Cheese-Holdingv Boards, of'

Wh1ch the following is a speciiication.

My invention relates to a board-for holding cheese while the same is being'cut for sale, and the oh'lect thereof is to provide a board on which `t e cheese will be iirmly held and vvhich Will hold the last right position and in which the holders can cheeses of dierent sizes being used on the same board.

A further object is to do away with the usual holding pron which enter the bottom of the cheese to ho d it from slipping on the board, which often causes the cheese to mold around the same, thereby causing Waste. i

I accom lish these objects by the board described erein and lillustrated in the accompanying drawings in which;

'llgure 1 1s a perspective view of a cheese a piece cut out, resting upon a cheese board. equipped with .my improvements.

Fig. 2 1s a section on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1 of the top holding bar, and the side holding bar to which it is attached.

In the'dravvings 5 is a 'cheese board referably Wooden and circular, and prefer ly a little larger than the cheese which is placed thereon. At suitable distances around the periphery of the board and 4opening flush with the top of the 7: which, When the wood is soft are lined with a metal lining 8 containing therein a dove-tail groove 9'Which opens flush With the top of the board. If the board is made of hard Wood the dove-tail groove can be constructed therein and the metal lining omitted, but Where soft Woods are used for the board I prefer the metal lining. These grooves extend radially toward the center of` the board a suiiicient distance to permit of the adjustment of the side holding-posts 10 to t any sized cheese that may be used on the board. These lside holdingosts are provided with dove-tail shanks 10 which fit -lnto the dove-tail These Shanks are provided with set screws 11 by means of Whlch the Shanks are locked in the groove after the post is set up in contact with the cheese. These holding posts part cut 1n an upmay-be square or may be triangular in shape, both forms beingA shown in Fig. 1. On one of theseholding-posts is mounted the L- shaped top vbar 12, having a slot 13 in the vertical portion thereof. A set screw 14 passes through this slot and into the holding ar in threaded engagement with the holding bar so tlrat the top bar may be locked to the holding bar. The sides of the vertical ortions ofrthis bar surround the sidesof the oldin the ho ding bar is preferably provided with points 12 which indent the to ofthe cheese to give the bar' a better hold t ereon.

In the operation of my device two or more of the holding bars would be removed from the board and the cheese .would be board are groovesgrooves in the board.

placed on the board in a central position.

their grooves 'to engage the side of the cheese. The top holding bar Would then be adjusted so that the polnts of the top portionthereof would indent the top `ol` the y cheese; The operator would then commence cutting the cheese as close to the top holding bar as isA practical and would continue to cut slices therefrom in the usual manner, first Working away fromv the top holding bar until half the cheese Was cut and then workin toward it until all the cheese was cut.

iflry this construction it will be seen that the 'board and held .in its origina upright positionuntil the ve last slice is cut, as the top holding bar retalns the last portion o f the cheese in a vertical `position until released therefrom. Other means to adjust the side bars may be used in place of the grooves.

Having described -mysinvention what I claim is:

A cheese board having a plurality of grooves in its upper surface; holding posts havin Shanks at the lower end thereof, said shank ein at right angles tothe body ofthe post vand tting into said grooves; and an L-shaped top bar secured to one end of sald holding posts and vertically adjustable thereon.

In Witness that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto subscribedmy name this 1st day of August, 1907..

' CHARLES P. MEE.

Witnesses: G. E.HABP11AM. lS. B. AUSTIN.

Ihe holding bars would then be adjusted in cheese is always iirmlysupported on the 

